Ironville, Kentucky
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ashland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41102. The Survey maps it on the Ashland quadrangle. 782 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 689 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1901 USGS Ceredo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1913 USGS Ceredo quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
108 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Ironville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 843 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ELIZABETH COURT |
| 12 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | REBEL ROAD |
| 13 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COLLINS ROAD |
| 11 May 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DANIELS FORK |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RT 503 #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ironville: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armco Steel/ Ashland, Ky. | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Clinton Shale Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Ironton Plant Number 85 | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ironville in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Ironville | $100,000 | An EF1 tornado skipped along a path of straight-line wind damage likely beginning along Daniels Fork Road near the town of Westwood. The tornado then continued across State Route 5, moving eastward and crossing Rose Road and then ending at the top of the hill after crossing Pine Street. ||The most significant damage occurred along Rose Road. A single-wide trailer was flipped over, a section of a home was broken off from the rest of the structure and moved several feet, and several other homes and structures were significantly damaged. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Ironville | $60,000 | Widespread flash flooding caused road closures across the county. Laurel Creek flooded, with water flowing over the bridge at State Route 3 and Jula Lane in Cannonsburg. Hood Creek came out of its banks, closing State Route 5 near Rockhouse Road. One driver had to be rescued. Water flowed over a bridge near the intersection of Prichard and Iowa Street in Westwood due to flooding along Little Hood Creek. In the Rush area, Long Branch Road and State Route 854 were closed due to flooding from Long Branch and Garner Creek. One house received minor flood damage. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ironville | $3,000 | Tree damage in the Ironville area resulted in 571 customers to be without power. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ironville | $3,000 | In Ironville, a tree blew down onto State Route 5. Additional trees and power lines were blown down in Ashland. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ironville | $3,000 | Large trees were blown down along Daniels Fork Road. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Ironville | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winslow | 0.6 miles | 22 | |
| West Fairview | 0.9 miles | 22 | |
| Summit | 1.3 miles | 22 | |
| Fairview | 1.7 miles | 22 | |
| Westwood | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Rockdale | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Millseat | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Little Garner (historical) | 2.9 miles | 22 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Ironville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6073319 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 495012. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









